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In article <smiklos-190494234934@smiklos.dialup.access.net> smiklos@panix.com (Steve Miklos) writes:
>In article <haws.766793397@cambridge>, haws@cambridge.mitchell.com (Brent
>Haws) wrote:
>
>> If you would like to help please send us the following information on your
>> vehicle by June 30 1994.  It is VERY important to make sure that the data is
>> as complete and accurate as possible.
>
>Anyone else smell a rat?
>
>Specifically, you can't get a car registered with no VIN. Chop shops would
>love to have a list of valid VINs for specific makes and models. Caveat
>Scriptor.

Wouldn't a check of DMV records show that this vehicle is already registered?

>Disclaimer: This could be a perfectly legitimate request, by someone who
>doesn't know how, or won't take the trouble, to ferret out a systemic way
>to get this info. 
>
>Steve

This information is available in every factory shop manual that I have ever
seen for an automobile.  The fields in the VIN indicate the body style, motor,
etc. that the manufacturer built the car with.  It will also indicate the
plant in which the vehicle was manufactured.  This is pretty common knowledge and
should be available at the public library.  Barring that, check used book stores
for old shop manuals.

BTW -- if you want a copy of the VIN pages from the
'92 Honda Accord manual, let me know.  Maybe I'll even enter the information
and email it to you if you give me a copy of the completed program.

-Jim.
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